Urban Meyer would expect to replace Doug Marrone as Jaguars head coach | Launderer report

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Former college football head coach Urban Meyer, who won two national championships in Florida and one for Ohio State, would expect to be named the next head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Saturday that the Jags are expected to replace outgoing head coach Doug Marrone shortly after the team’s season ended Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

He then provided this note on Meyer: “The team has shown interest in former Florida and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who has lined up a staff and told people whose he was close in the football community he planned to land in Jacksonville, per sources. “

Meyer went 187-32 for 17 seasons as a head coach for Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State. Ten of its teams finished in the top six in the Associated Press poll.

Meyer resigned after the 2018 season due to health concerns and worked as a college football analyst for Fox Sports. A foray into the NFL would be his first since beginning his coaching career at St. Xavier High School outside of Cincinnati in 1985.

If Meyer, 56, is not the final choice or decides to stay in retirement, then his OSU successor Ryan Day will be under consideration, according to Rapoport. Day has lost just one game in two years as head coach of the Buckeyes and has piloted the team to the college football playoff national championship against the No.1 Alabama this year.

Whoever takes the job of the Jaguars has a difficult task ahead. Jacksonville is 1-14 after losing its last 14 games, although the squad has talented players on both sides of the ball, including linebacker Josh Allen and running back James Robinson.

Adding a player like Lawrence would be a huge boost to any franchise, and Meyer would be interested in working with him.

“It smells like he just wanted Trevor Lawrence,” an anonymous executive told Mike Sando of The Athletic. “Good for him, and if I had to draft Lawrence, I would look for the best head coach.”

Jacksonville will have the opportunity to take on Lawrence on April 29, which marks the first day of the 2021 NFL Draft. The Jags secured the No. 1 pick in the Draft.